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St. James Township splits a sidewalk contract and explores municipal software, 1986

Also October 17 1986 St. James Township meeting · Beaver Island sidewalk bids

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TypeEvent
Date1986-10-17
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1986-10-17
Kind
Meeting
Where
Beaver Island
Carried out by
Township of Saint James
Eras
Modern era
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governanceinfrastructuretechnologypublic-servicecommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

At its October 17, 1986 meeting, St. James Township split the available sidewalk work between two low bidders and authorized exploration of municipal computer software.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper minutes report, not a construction contract, procurement file, software contract, or accepted system.

Sources

  1. Reports two sidewalk bids, a unanimous decision to split available work between Cary Concrete and Bonadeo Enterprises, and authorization to provide township data to a software salesman for a possible computer system. It is a newspaper minutes report, not a construction contract, procurement file, software contract, or accepted system. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1986-12_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held twenty-nine-page December issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the October 17 minutes.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1986-12_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “St. James Township splits a sidewalk contract and explores municipal software, 1986”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-st-james-township-october-17-1986-meeting/, accessed [date], citing St. James Township Meeting, October 17, 1986, Beaver Beacon, December 1986. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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